[Economic Report of the President (1997)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Table B-56.--Manufacturers' shipments and inventories, 1954-96
[Millions of dollars; monthly data seasonally adjusted]
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Shipments\1\                                               Inventories\2\
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Durable goods industries              Nondurable goods industries
Durable   Nondur-           ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Year or month                        goods     able                          Mate-                                   Mate-     Work
Total    indus-     goods     Total               rials   Work  in  Finished              rials      in    Finished
tries    indus-               Total      and      proc-     goods     Total      and     proc-     goods
tries                       supplies     ess                        supplies    ess
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1954.............................    23,355    11,828    11,527    41,612    23,710     7,894     9,721     6,040    17,902     8,167    2,440     7,415
1955.............................    26,480    14,071    12,409    45,069    26,405     9,194    10,756     6,348    18,664     8,556    2,571     7,666
1956.............................    27,740    14,715    13,025    50,642    30,447    10,417    12,317     7,565    20,195     8,971    2,721     8,622
1957.............................    28,736    15,237    13,499    51,871    31,728    10,608    12,837     8,125    20,143     8,775    2,864     8,624
1958.............................    27,248    13,553    13,695    50,203    30,194     9,970    12,408     7,816    20,009     8,676    2,827     8,506
1959.............................    30,286    15,597    14,689    52,913    32,012    10,709    13,086     8,217    20,901     9,094    2,942     8,865

1960.............................    30,878    15,870    15,008    53,786    32,337    10,306    12,809     9,222    21,449     9,097    2,947     9,405
1961.............................    30,922    15,601    15,321    54,871    32,496    10,246    13,211     9,039    22,375     9,505    3,108     9,762
1962.............................    33,358    17,247    16,111    58,172    34,565    10,794    14,124     9,647    23,607     9,836    3,304    10,467
1963.............................    35,058    18,255    16,803    60,029    35,776    11,053    14,835     9,888    24,253    10,009    3,420    10,824
1964.............................    37,331    19,611    17,720    63,410    38,421    11,946    16,158    10,317    24,989    10,167    3,531    11,291
1965.............................    40,995    22,193    18,802    68,207    42,189    13,298    18,055    10,836    26,018    10,487    3,825    11,706
1966.............................    44,870    24,617    20,253    77,986    49,852    15,464    21,908    12,480    28,134    11,197    4,226    12,711
1967.............................    46,486    25,233    21,253    84,646    54,896    16,423    24,933    13,540    29,750    11,760    4,431    13,559
1968.............................    50,229    27,624    22,605    90,560    58,732    17,344    27,213    14,175    31,828    12,328    4,852    14,648
1969.............................    53,501    29,403    24,098    98,145    64,598    18,636    30,282    15,680    33,547    12,753    5,120    15,674

1970.............................    52,805    28,156    24,649   101,599    66,651    19,149    29,745    17,757    34,948    13,168    5,271    16,509
1971.............................    55,906    29,924    25,982   102,567    66,136    19,679    28,550    17,907    36,431    13,686    5,678    17,067
1972.............................    63,027    33,987    29,040   108,121    70,067    20,807    30,713    18,547    38,054    14,677    5,998    17,379
1973.............................    72,931    39,635    33,296   124,499    81,192    25,944    35,490    19,758    43,307    18,147    6,729    18,431
1974.............................    84,790    44,173    40,617   157,625   101,493    35,070    42,530    23,893    56,132    23,744    8,189    24,199
1975.............................    86,589    43,598    42,991   159,708   102,590    33,903    43,227    25,460    57,118    23,565    8,834    24,719
1976.............................    98,797    50,623    48,174   174,636   111,988    37,457    46,074    28,457    62,648    25,847    9,929    26,872
1977.............................   113,201    59,168    54,033   188,378   120,877    40,186    50,226    30,465    67,501    27,387   10,961    29,153
1978.............................   126,905    67,731    59,174   211,691   138,181    45,198    58,848    34,135    73,510    29,619   12,085    31,806
1979.............................   143,936    75,927    68,009   242,157   160,734    52,670    69,325    38,739    81,423    32,814   13,910    34,699

1980.............................   154,391    77,419    76,972   265,215   174,788    55,173    76,945    42,670    90,427    36,606   15,884    37,937
1981.............................   168,129    83,727    84,402   283,413   186,443    57,998    80,998    47,447    96,970    38,165   16,194    42,611
1982.............................   163,351    79,212    84,139   311,852   200,444    59,136    86,707    54,601   111,408    44,039   18,612    48,757
1983.............................   172,547    85,481    87,066   312,379   199,854    60,325    86,899    52,630   112,525    44,816   18,691    49,018
1984.............................   190,682    97,940    92,742   339,516   221,330    66,031    98,251    57,048   118,186    45,692   19,328    53,166
1985.............................   194,538   101,279    93,259   334,749   218,193    63,904    98,162    56,127   116,556    44,106   19,442    53,008
1986.............................   194,657   103,238    91,419   322,654   211,997    61,331    97,000    53,666   110,657    42,335   18,124    50,198
1987.............................   206,326   108,128    98,198   338,107   220,778    63,546   102,392    54,840   117,329    45,326   19,274    52,729
1988.............................   224,619   118,458   106,161   369,378   242,450    69,590   112,961    59,899   126,928    49,404   20,563    56,961
1989.............................   236,698   123,158   113,540   391,243   257,513    72,418   122,273    62,822   133,730    50,683   21,658    61,389

1990.............................   242,686   123,776   118,910   405,105   263,213    73,541   124,154    65,518   141,892    52,651   22,819    66,422
1991.............................   239,847   121,000   118,847   390,944   250,006    70,811   114,981    64,214   140,938    53,007   22,805    65,126
1992.............................   250,394   128,489   121,905   382,480   238,096    69,383   104,549    64,164   144,384    53,983   23,510    66,891
1993.............................   260,635   135,886   124,749   390,721   243,476    72,872   105,793    64,811   147,245    55,504   23,836    67,905
1994.............................   278,652   148,916   129,736   406,207   254,798    78,278   108,478    68,042   151,409    57,975   24,642    68,792
1995.............................   297,244   159,215   138,029   432,344   270,356    83,251   115,154    71,951   161,988    62,041   25,655    74,292

1995:Jan.........................   294,398   158,022   136,376   410,341   257,042    78,286   110,767    67,989   153,299    58,556   24,816    69,927
Feb..........................   294,205   157,154   137,051   413,574   258,570    79,199   110,927    68,444   155,004    59,222   25,036    70,746
Mar..........................   295,537   158,816   136,721   416,681   260,259    79,455   111,190    69,614   156,422    60,481   25,030    70,911
Apr..........................   293,156   156,190   136,966   419,978   262,231    80,291   112,018    69,922   157,747    60,876   25,084    71,787
May..........................   295,251   157,307   137,944   422,807   263,922    80,776   112,883    70,263   158,885    61,338   25,327    72,220
June.........................   296,877   158,768   138,109   424,293   264,343    81,145   112,254    70,944   159,950    61,918   25,475    72,557

July.........................   293,901   156,108   137,793   426,722   266,482    81,879   113,294    71,309   160,240    61,968   25,594    72,678
Aug..........................   299,808   160,625   139,183   427,245   266,987    82,472   113,345    71,170   160,258    62,057   25,554    72,647
Sept.........................   300,754   162,281   138,473   429,959   268,267    82,546   113,907    71,814   161,692    62,367   25,722    73,603
Oct..........................   299,824   160,706   139,118   431,303   269,971    83,762   114,032    72,177   161,332    62,043   25,623    73,666
Nov..........................   300,755   161,360   139,395   431,652   270,389    83,614   114,820    71,955   161,263    62,285   25,610    73,368
Dec..........................   301,284   161,976   139,308   432,344   270,356    83,251   115,154    71,951   161,988    62,041   25,655    74,292

1996:Jan.........................   298,685   159,125   139,560   434,724   272,657    83,998   115,988    72,671   162,067    62,150   25,899    74,018
Feb..........................   301,763   161,918   139,845   435,615   273,400    84,364   116,269    72,767   162,215    62,116   25,867    74,232
Mar..........................   300,646   160,377   140,269   435,413   273,535    84,272   116,828    72,435   161,878    61,523   25,827    74,528
Apr..........................   308,003   164,615   143,388   435,441   273,870    84,285   117,388    72,197   161,571    61,384   25,909    74,278
May..........................   311,203   167,487   143,716   434,220   273,857    83,810   117,640    72,407   160,363    60,788   25,900    73,675
June.........................   308,851   166,902   141,949   433,868   273,649    82,817   118,206    72,626   160,219    60,372   25,928    73,919

July.........................   312,400   167,774   144,626   434,446   274,807    83,567   118,383    72,857   159,639    60,246   25,814    73,579
Aug..........................   312,847   168,471   144,376   435,687   275,926    83,250   118,867    73,809   159,761    60,128   26,100    73,533
Sept.........................   315,160   170,705   144,455   436,700   276,347    83,373   118,830    74,144   160,353    60,224   25,980    74,149
Octp.........................   315,510   168,824   146,686   438,134   277,328    82,585   120,156    74,587   160,806    60,567   26,097    74,142
Novp.........................   318,280   170,846   147,434   439,889   278,368    82,580   121,285    74,503   161,521    60,493   26,249    74,779
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\1\Annual data are averages of monthly not seasonally adjusted figures.
\2\Seasonally adjusted, end of period. Data beginning 1982 are not comparable with data for prior periods.

Note.--Data beginning 1958 are not strictly comparable with earlier data.

Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.